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KEY MESSAGES

Issued at 1033 PM CDT Fri Oct 2 2026

-Above average temperatures return for the first full week of October with highs in the 80s.

SHORT TERM

(Tonight through Sunday night) Issued at 1033 PM CDT Fri Oct 2 2026

Residual showers and patchy drizzle expected through tonight for the far southern Texas Panhandles as the last of the low clouds and broad lift behind the front finally shifts south and east. Tonights low temperatures will range from the mid 40s in the northern Panhandles under more partly to mostly clear skies to lower and mid 50s for the southern TX Panhandle. A mid level high pressure extending southeast from the Four Corners Region will influence our dry weather conditions over the coming weekend. High temperatures over the weekend will also be quite pleasant as southerly sfc flow returns. Highs should be in the 70s for Saturday and Sunday, with perhaps a few locations in the far SE TX Panhandle by Sunday reaching the lower 80s.

LONG TERM

(Monday through next Friday) Issued at 1033 PM CDT Fri Oct 2 2026

The coming work week remains mostly dry under the influence of a low amplitude ridge with its axis over the central Plains. Some of the latest global model guidance shows a very low (10-15% chance) of an embedded wave to bring perhaps an outside chance of a shower for the far NW Panhandles, but chances are not high enough to include in forecast at this time. With southerly sfc flow continuing and decent H850 WAA into the Panhandles, high temperatures will warm up for next week. Values will return to above average temperatures for the first full week of October.

AVIATION

(12Z TAFS) Issued at 424 AM CDT Sat Oct 3 2026

Some MVFR CIGs, especially at KAMA, should clear out shortly into this TAF period, with all three terminals becoming VFR. Light southerly winds, variable at times, should prevail through the period as well.

AMA WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES

TX...None. OK...None.